painful
美音:[´peınfəl
]
英音:[´peınfəl
]
adj.疼痛的,使痛苦的
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名词:painfulness 副词:painfully
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painful
/-fl; -fəl/
adj
1 causing or suffering pain 令人疼痛的; 痛苦的; 疼的
*a painful blow on the shoulder 肩上挨的一击很疼
* Her shoulder is still painful. 她的肩还很痛.
2 causing distress or embarrassment 令人痛苦的; 令人难堪的
*a painful experience, memory 痛苦的经历、记忆
* His incompetence was painful to witness. 他很无能, 让人看着难受.
* It was my painful duty to tell him he was dying. 要我把他即将去世的事告诉他, 这使我十分为难.
* Her performance was painful, ie very bad. 她的表演拙劣得令人难堪.
3 difficult or tedious 困难的; 麻烦的; 费事的
*the painful process of stripping the paint off the wall 剥除墙壁漆皮的麻烦事.
adj
1 causing or suffering pain 令人疼痛的; 痛苦的; 疼的
*a painful blow on the shoulder 肩上挨的一击很疼
* Her shoulder is still painful. 她的肩还很痛.
2 causing distress or embarrassment 令人痛苦的; 令人难堪的
*a painful experience, memory 痛苦的经历、记忆
* His incompetence was painful to witness. 他很无能, 让人看着难受.
* It was my painful duty to tell him he was dying. 要我把他即将去世的事告诉他, 这使我十分为难.
* Her performance was painful, ie very bad. 她的表演拙劣得令人难堪.
3 difficult or tedious 困难的; 麻烦的; 费事的
*the painful process of stripping the paint off the wall 剥除墙壁漆皮的麻烦事.
painful
adj
making you feel very upset, or very difficult and unpleasant for you
≠ painless
painful memories/experience etc
He sobbed as he recalled the painful memory.
Venice was a painful reminder of her marriage.
He and his wife took the painful decision to switch off their son's life support machine.
the long and painful process of growing up
painful to do sth
It can be painful to leave the house in which you were born.
painful for/to
The divorce was painful for both of us.
Even hearing his name was painful to her.
if a part of your body is painful, it hurts
stiff, painful joints
Is your arm very painful?
The neck becomes swollen and painful to the touch (=hurts when you touch it) .
causing physical pain
a painful blow on the head
excruciatingly/extremely painful
an excruciatingly painful death
painful to do sth
He was finding it painful to breathe.
if someone's behaviour or a performance is painful, it is so bad that it embarrasses people
painful to watch/listen/hear to etc
It's painful to watch her making the best of a terrible script.
HINT
Do not use painful to mean 'feeling pain': He didn't feel much pain (NOT feel very painful) at first!
making you feel very upset, or very difficult and unpleasant for you
≠ painless
painful memories/experience etc
He sobbed as he recalled the painful memory.
Venice was a painful reminder of her marriage.
He and his wife took the painful decision to switch off their son's life support machine.
the long and painful process of growing up
painful to do sth
It can be painful to leave the house in which you were born.
painful for/to
The divorce was painful for both of us.
Even hearing his name was painful to her.
if a part of your body is painful, it hurts
stiff, painful joints
Is your arm very painful?
The neck becomes swollen and painful to the touch (=hurts when you touch it) .
causing physical pain
a painful blow on the head
excruciatingly/extremely painful
an excruciatingly painful death
painful to do sth
He was finding it painful to breathe.
if someone's behaviour or a performance is painful, it is so bad that it embarrasses people
painful to watch/listen/hear to etc
It's painful to watch her making the best of a terrible script.
HINT
Do not use painful to mean 'feeling pain': He didn't feel much pain (NOT feel very painful) at first!
1. Why are these lines so painful?
为什么这几行字如此让人感怀？
2. We have made old women invisible so that we do not have to confront our society's myths about what makes life valuable or dying painful.
我们使老年妇女退出社会，销声匿迹，这样我们就不用面对这个社会里关于何以使生命如此宝贵，死亡如此痛苦的问题了。
3. That point was emphasized by the fact that Gail's parents, after thirty-five years of marriage, were going through a bitter and painful divorce, which had destroyed Gail and for a time had a negative effect on our budding relationship.
下列事实强调了这样一点：已经结婚35年的盖尔父母正经历着一场充满怨恨、令人痛苦的婚变，这件事给了盖尔以毁灭性的打击, 并一度给我们正处于萌芽状态的关系带来了负面的影响。
4. "Actually, tattoos can be removed," said Jane. "It's painful and expensive but they can be removed.
"实际上，纹身也是可以去掉的，"简说。 "但去掉它很痛，很贵，可毕竟是可以去掉的。
5. After three weeks he was still completely unconscious, and the tube caused him to have a constant, painful sore throat ...
三周后，他依旧昏迷不醒，而导管使他的喉咙经常疼痛。
6. As a result, the poor man continued on for nearly three more months with a painful throat and frequent bleeding caused by sores in the mouth.
结果，可怜的老人又多活了近三个月，喉咙依然疼痛不已，嘴里也因灼痛而经常出血。
7. My wound is still painful.
我的伤口还在痛。
8. Murrow knew that Britain's fate depended upon the resolution of the people in the shops and streets, the men in the pubs, the housewives, those watching for fire on the roofs, the people who had a thousand difficult and painful things to do.
默罗知道英国的命运取决于这些人的决心：商店里和马路上的人们、酒店里喝酒的男人们、家庭妇女们、那些在屋顶上监视着火情的人们、那些有无数困难而痛苦的事情要做的人们。
9. Giving her the painful facts concerning her chance to renew herself, I told her I thought the claims of such miracle cures were ridiculous.
在向她说明岁月无情，要改变现实可能性不大之后，我告诉她我认为这些灵丹妙药所宣传的都很荒谬。
10. On the one hand, you cannot bear to see your once vigorous mother living the painful, limited life to which the stroke has condemned her.
一方面，你不忍心看着自己一度精力充沛的母亲活在因中风而变得痛苦而有限的生命里。
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为什么这几行字如此让人感怀？
2. We have made old women invisible so that we do not have to confront our society's myths about what makes life valuable or dying painful.
我们使老年妇女退出社会，销声匿迹，这样我们就不用面对这个社会里关于何以使生命如此宝贵，死亡如此痛苦的问题了。
3. That point was emphasized by the fact that Gail's parents, after thirty-five years of marriage, were going through a bitter and painful divorce, which had destroyed Gail and for a time had a negative effect on our budding relationship.
下列事实强调了这样一点：已经结婚35年的盖尔父母正经历着一场充满怨恨、令人痛苦的婚变，这件事给了盖尔以毁灭性的打击, 并一度给我们正处于萌芽状态的关系带来了负面的影响。
4. "Actually, tattoos can be removed," said Jane. "It's painful and expensive but they can be removed.
"实际上，纹身也是可以去掉的，"简说。 "但去掉它很痛，很贵，可毕竟是可以去掉的。
5. After three weeks he was still completely unconscious, and the tube caused him to have a constant, painful sore throat ...
三周后，他依旧昏迷不醒，而导管使他的喉咙经常疼痛。
6. As a result, the poor man continued on for nearly three more months with a painful throat and frequent bleeding caused by sores in the mouth.
结果，可怜的老人又多活了近三个月，喉咙依然疼痛不已，嘴里也因灼痛而经常出血。
7. My wound is still painful.
我的伤口还在痛。
8. Murrow knew that Britain's fate depended upon the resolution of the people in the shops and streets, the men in the pubs, the housewives, those watching for fire on the roofs, the people who had a thousand difficult and painful things to do.
默罗知道英国的命运取决于这些人的决心：商店里和马路上的人们、酒店里喝酒的男人们、家庭妇女们、那些在屋顶上监视着火情的人们、那些有无数困难而痛苦的事情要做的人们。
9. Giving her the painful facts concerning her chance to renew herself, I told her I thought the claims of such miracle cures were ridiculous.
在向她说明岁月无情，要改变现实可能性不大之后，我告诉她我认为这些灵丹妙药所宣传的都很荒谬。
10. On the one hand, you cannot bear to see your once vigorous mother living the painful, limited life to which the stroke has condemned her.
一方面，你不忍心看着自己一度精力充沛的母亲活在因中风而变得痛苦而有限的生命里。
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